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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Churchill » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:17 pm

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Prince Henry » Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:21 am

Here is my version of the English Guards at Blenheim...

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by janner » Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:35 am

It must be guards week as I will also soon have an offering of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards :)

Wonderful details - however, as a Royal regiment, I went for drummers in red coats?
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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by obriendavid » Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:51 pm

Very nice paint job!
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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Churchill » Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:37 pm

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Prince Henry » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:02 pm

Thanks! I tried to hide the musicians - I need to add the lace on them - I believe they had swallow's nest and wide bands? Are they supposed to be in red coats?

Ray, I have more, but I need to replace the flags - this blog has taught me the error of my sources (which caused me to wing-it a bit) - so now that I have better examples, I shall be issuing new flags to my English reg'ts. (Howe's, Gray's, Marlborough's) before I can present them without research-envy(?).

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Artimas » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:28 pm

Keep up the good work! :lol:

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by janner » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:44 pm

Prince Henry wrote:Thanks! I tried to hide the musicians - I need to add the lace on them - I believe they had swallow's nest and wide bands? Are they supposed to be in red coats?

Ray, I have more, but I need to replace the flags - this blog has taught me the error of my sources (which caused me to wing-it a bit) - so now that I have better examples, I shall be issuing new flags to my English reg'ts. (Howe's, Gray's, Marlborough's) before I can present them without research-envy(?).

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Ray is certainly the chap to ask, but it think they should be in red :)

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Churchill » Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:08 pm

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Arthur » Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:15 pm

Prince Henry wrote:Thanks! I tried to hide the musicians - I need to add the lace on them - I believe they had swallow's nest and wide bands? Are they supposed to be in red coats?
I believe they should be. Unlike the regular line infantry regiments, the Foot Guards didn't clothe their drummers in reversed colours but used the King's livery instead, which was a gold-laced crimson coat with blue facings.
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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Prince Henry » Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:12 am

Thanks all!
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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Friedrich August I. » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:26 am

Hi Ray,

While reading through all the entries here I wonder if you may help me with this one. You have done of course a lot of reading and researching for your part of the Army at Blenheim/Blindheim. Could it be that you have also found a list of the Imperial Part of the Army under Prince Eugene?

I won't promise anything but that may be a future Project of mine - Prince Eugene's Imperial Army or even that one of the Markgrave of Baden which was the one in which some Saxon units served :D :wink:

I would appreciate any help you may be able to offer.
PM me please as I dont want to pollude your Thread with this. Thank You.

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Churchill » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:54 pm

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by Friedrich August I. » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:03 pm

Hi Ray,

Thank you for sharing this knowledge with me! You may be right about doing all :wink: Besides of this I opened a tread in the Help Section with another smaller part of the Reichsarmee under the Markgrave of Baden. which will be raised too. Ah and there are Saxons in there :D .

Thank You once more!

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Re: Blenheim OOB

Post by karamustafapasha » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:33 pm

Friedrich August I/Gunter,


The Imperial infantry at Blenheim were actual part of Marlborough's army and lent to Eugene for the battle. All the actual Imperialist infantry was either with Baden or in garrison/other duties.

The Saxons had fought in this area in earlier campaigns but they went home in May 1704. Most of them fought in the GNW campaign in Poland in 1704.
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